Price increase in Estonia was not brought by the changeover to the euro, but started several months ago, Estonian prime minister Andrus Ansip said in national radio on Tuesday.
“Prices of dairy products started growing already a half a year ago. And not just in Estonia but at our neighbours’ Latvia and Lithuania who do not have euro yet,” Ansip said.
Ansip said that last year, Estonia’s price level reached 80% of EU average while in Finland that indicator was 120%.
“In the last months of last year fast price increase could be noted but that was ...

Estonia’s policy of controlling the budget deficit translated into public support for the government, similarly to several other European Union member states, Prime Minister Andrus Ansip said.European governments that had the lowest deficits in 2009, including Luxembourg and Sweden, are enjoying the highest support, Ansip said in an interview with Bloomberg TV in London today, citing Eurobarometer data.Estonia on Jan. 1 became the first former Soviet republic to adopt the euro, with the lowest budget deficit and government debt among the 17 members in the currency bloc last year, ...

The Government backs the nomination of Andrus Ansip as Estonia’s candidate for European CommissionerAt today’s Cabinet meeting, members of the Government supported Prime Minister Taavi Rõivas’s proposal to nominate Andrus Ansip as candidate for member of the European Commission. The Government unanimously agreed that Andrus Ansip was the best candidate for the position of European Commissioner, considering his long-term commitment and experience as Prime Minister, Minister for Economic Affairs and Communications and a member of the European Council, as well as the clear mandate given by voters to Andrus Ansip at the elections to the European Parliament. Andrus Ansip won a total of 45,022 votes in the European Parliament elections.
While the future President of the European Commission only asks member states to put forward their candidates for European Commissioners after his or her candidature is approved by the European parliament, member states may make their political decisions before that time.
The Government will approve their candidate for European Com

The Political Chapters of the Association Agreement were signed with Ukraine in BrusselsBrussels, March 21 2014 – Today, the heads of the European Union, Member States, and the Prime Minister of Ukraine, Arseniy Yatsenyuk, signed the political part of the Association Agreement with Ukraine. According to Prime Minister Andrus Ansip, the signing of the agreement confirms the readiness of the European Union to deepen cooperation and support Ukraine in performing the changes. Ansip reminded that the signing of the Association Agreement was once also the beginning for Estonia on its way to the European Union; having resolved internal issues and conducted reforms, Estonia finally became a member of the European Union. “Signing the agreement today is also a possibility for Ukraine; further action lies in the hands of Ukraine itself. Prime Minister Yatsenyuk said at the ceremony that it is the first step of Ukraine towards membership in the European Union. Estonia totally supports Ukrainians on this way,” said the Prime Minister.
An important component of the Association A